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Some und any

REMEMBER „Some“ wird als „etwas“, „ein paar“ oder auch überhaupt nicht übersetzt.
„Any“ übersetzt man meist als „einige“, „keine“, „irgendwelche“ oder lässt es in der
Übersetzung ganz weg. Sie werden in unterschiedlichen Satzarten verwendet:

some verwendet man in bejahten Aussagesätzen (1) sowie in Bitten (2) und Angeboten
(3). Diese Bitten und Angebote können auch die Form einer Frage annehmen.
(1) We have some cookies. Wir haben (ein paar) Kekse.
(2) Could I have some cookies? Könnte ich (ein paar) Kekse haben?
(3) Would you like some cookies? Möchtest du (ein paar) Kekse?

any verwendet man in verneinten Sätzen (1) und in tatsächlichen Fragen (2). Außerdem
kommt in der Bedeutung „egal welche“, „ein(en) beliebige(n)“ (3) und in if-Sätzen (4)
vor.
(1) We don’t have any cookies. Wir haben keine Kekse.
(1) We never/hardly have any cookies. Wir haben nie / fast keine Kekse.
(2) Do we have any cookies? Haben wir (irgendwelche) Kekse?
(3) I’ll take any cookie you have. Ich nehme jeden (beliebigen) Keks, den ihr
habt.
(4) If there are any cookies, I’ll have some. Wenn ihr Kekse habt, nehme ich ein paar.

EXERCISE 1 Why is some or any used in these sentences? Tick the right answer.
Warum wird in diesen Sätzen some oder any verwendet? Kreuze die richtige Begründung an.

some any
Bejahter Bitte Angebot Vern. Frage “egal
Satz Satz welche”
a) We don’t have any rabbits.
b) Are there any sausages?
c) I don’t want any snacks.
d) Would you like something to
drink?
e) Did you get any presents?
f) We need some new socks.
g) Can I get you some tea?
h) Which book do you want? – Just
give me any book, it doesn’t matter.
i) Can I have some fries, please?

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EXERCISE 2 Fill in some or any.

Setze some oder any ein.
a) Mum, do we have ________________________ chocolate? – Yes, there is
________________________ chocolate in the kitchen cupboard.
b) My family doesn’t have ________________________ pets. Do you have
________________________ pets?
c) Grandma, can I have ________________________ apples? – Of course you can. Go and get
________________________ apples from the apple tree.
d) Ben, would you like to try ________________________ of my home-made lemonade? –
Sure, it looks delicious! I’d love to try ________________________.
e) Let’s go to Santo’s store and buy ________________________ mozzarella. – They don’t
have ________________________ mozzarella at Santo’s store. We have to go to the big
supermarket in Cave Street.
f) Hey, do you need ________________________ help? – Yes, Mr. Fielding. We’ve got
________________________ problems with exercise 2b.
g) My aunt has ________________________ beautiful paintings in her room. However, she
doesn’t sell ________________________ of her paintings.
h) Are you sure this is the bus stop? I don’t see ________________________ buses.
i) I’m hungry. – Oh wait, I think I’ve got ________________________ sandwiches in my bag.
j) I don’t know what to do. Do you have ________________________ ideas? – No, I haven’t
got ________________________.
k) Look, I’ve found ________________________ baby birds in a nest!
l) I need to send ________________________ letters to my friends. Do you have
________________________ stamps?
m) Bob, I think I need ________________________ help with this problem. – I’m sorry, I don’t
have ________________________ time at the moment.
n) Do you have ________________________ brothers or sisters?
o) Jane, could I use ________________________ of your pencils? – I’m sorry, I don’t have
________________________ pencils with me today.
p) I know ________________________ lovely places around here. Would you like to visit
________________________ of them with me?
q) This recipe is easy. You only need two eggs, a little milk and ________________________
flour. – That sounds good – but we don’t have ________________________ milk!
r) My brother and ________________________ of his friends are in the living room. I don’t
like ________________________ of his friends because they never let me play with them.
s) Can I have ________________________ old clothes for my school project? – I don’t have
________________________ old clothes here. Go and ask Dennis, he must have
________________________ .

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EXERCISE 4 Translate the sentences into German. Use some and any.
Übersetze die Sätze ins Deutsche. Verwende some und any.
a) Ich habe keine Bücher. ___________________________________________________________
b) Sie kauft ein paar Äpfel. __________________________________________________________
c) Der Supermarkt verkauft keine DVDs. _____________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
d) Möchtest du etwas Eiscreme? _____________________________________________________
e) Ron findet ein paar Eier. __________________________________________________________
f) Die Kinder haben ein paar Skateboards. ____________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
g) Kann ich ein paar Bananen haben? _________________________________________________
h) Hast du CDs? ___________________________________________________________________
i) Ich kann kein Papier finden. _______________________________________________________
j) Gibt es im Wald gefährliche Tiere? _________________________________________________
k) Wir hätten gerne ein paar Tickets. _________________________________________________
l) Möchtest du ein paar Süßigkeiten (sweets)? _________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
m) Es gibt keinen Käse. _____________________________________________________________

EXERCISE 4 Some oder any? Kreuze an und finde den Lösungssatz: ______________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

some any
a) Let’s buy *** crisps. T F
b) Could I have *** apples, please? H O
c) I don’t see *** animals. L E
d) Is there *** ice-cream in the fridge? E W
e) I always eat *** fruit for breakfast. O S
f) Would you like to try *** of these cookies? R T
g) My mom made *** cakes for my birthday party. L U
h) The poor boy doesn’t have *** friends. R D
i) Can you borrow me *** sheets of paper? I M
j) I have to look up *** words in the dictionary. S A
k) Can I get you *** hot tea? A N
l) Are there *** girls in your class? G S
m) We didn’t read *** interesting books in school. E T
n) Does this bookshop sell *** comic books? R A
o) Kate never showed me *** of her drawings. L G
p) There isn’t *** orange juice left. A E

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Lösungen: some und any

EXERCISE 1 Kreuze bei diesen Fragen an, warum jeweils some oder any verwendet wird.

some any
Bejahter Bitte Angebot Vern. Frage “egal
Satz Satz welche”
a) We don’t have any rabbits. x
b) Are there any sausages? x
c) I don’t want any snacks. x
d) Would you like something to drink? x
e) Did you get any presents? x
f) We need some new socks. x
g) Can I get you some tea? x
h) Which book do you want? – Just give me any x
book, it doesn’t matter.
i) Can I have some fries? x

EXERCISE 2 a) Mum, do we have SOME chocolate? – Yes, there is SOME chocolate in the kitchen cupboard.
b) My family doesn’t have ANY pets. Do you have ANY pets?
c) Grandma, can I have SOME apples? – Of course you can. Go and get SOME apples from the apple tree.
d) Ben, would you like to try SOME of my home-made lemonade? – Sure, it looks delicious! I’d love to try SOME.
e) Let’s go to Santo’s store and buy SOME mozzarella. – They don’t have ANY mozzarella at Santo’s store. We have to go to the
big supermarket in Cave Street.
f) Hey, do you need ANY help? – Yes, Mr. Fielding. We’ve got SOME problems with exercise 2b.
g) My aunt has SOME beautiful paintings in her room. However, she doesn’t sell ANY of her paintings.
h) Are you sure this is the bus stop? I don’t see ANY buses.
i) I’m hungry. – Oh wait, I think I’ve got SOME sandwiches in my bag.
j) I don’t know what to do. Do you have ANY ideas? – No, I haven’t got ANY.
k) Look, I’ve found SOME baby birds in a nest!
l) I need to send SOME letters to my friends. Do you have ANY stamps?
m) Bob, I think I need SOME help with this problem. – I’m sorry, I don’t have ANY time at the moment.
n) Do you have SOME brothers or sisters?
o) Jane, could I use SOME of your pencils? – I’m sorry, I don’t have ANY pencils with me today.
p) I know SOME lovely places around here. Would you like to visit SOME of them with me?
q) This recipe is easy. You only need two eggs, a little milk and SOME flour. – That sounds good – but we don’t have ANY
milk!
r) My brother and SOME of his friends are in the living room. I don’t like ANY of his friends because they never let me play
with them.
s) Can I have SOME old clothes for my school project? – I don’t have ANY old clothes here. Go and ask Dennis, he must have
SOME .

EXERCISE 4 Translate the sentences into German. Use some and any.
a) Ich habe keine Bücher. – I don’t have any books.
b) Sie kauft ein paar Äpfel. – She buys some apples.
c) Der Supermarkt verkauft keine DVDs. – The supermarket doesn’t sell any DVDs.
d) Möchtest du etwas Eiscreme? – Would you like some ice-cream?
e) Ron findet ein paar Eier. – Ron finds a few eggs.
f) Die Kinder haben ein paar Skateboards. – The kids have (got) some skateboards.
g) Kann ich ein paar Bananen haben? – May/Can I have some bananas?
h) Hast du CDs? – Have you got any CDs? / Do you have any CDs?
i) Ich kann kein Papier finden. – I can’t find any paper.
j) Gibt es im Wald gefährliche Tiere? – Are there any dangerous animals in the forest?
k) Wir hätten gerne ein paar Tickets. – We would like some tickets.
l) Möchtest du ein paar Süßigkeiten (sweets)? – Would you like some sweets?
m) Es gibt keinen Käse. – There isn’t any cheese.

EXERCISE 4 Lösungssatz: The World is a Stage

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Some und any und ihre Zusammensetzungen

some: benutzt in any: benutzt in

(1) bejahten Aussagesätzen (1) verneinten Aussagesätzen
(2) Bitten (2) „echten“ Fragen
(3) Angeboten (3) in der Bedeutung „irgendetwas
(Beliebiges)“, „absolut jede(s)“
(4) in if-Sätzen
irgendjemand somebody / someone anybody / anyone
irgendetwas something anything
irgendwo somewhere anywhere
irgendwann sometime anytime

EXERCISE 1 Underline the right alternative.

Remember: Some wird in positiven Aussagen, Bitten und Angeboten verwendet. Any verwendet
man in verneinten Sätzen und Fragen.
a) I didn’t know what to do, so I asked somebody / anybody.
b) Can I get you something / anything to drink?
c) I didn’t say something / anything.
d) James lives somewhere / anywhere in Scotland.
e) Do you know someone / anyone at this party?
f) Can we eat something / anything at this nice little restaurant?
g) Why don’t you go and buy us something / anything to drink?
h) The kids are hiding somewhere / anywhere. Let’s go and look for them.
i) Look, Ben is carrying the heavy box all by himself! Somebody / anybody should help him.
j) Somebody / Anybody killed Biff Smith. Was it you? – Oh no, Inspector! I don’t have
something / anything to do with this!
k) I won’t do something / anything for you.
l) Where is my phone? I can’t find it somewhere / anywhere!
m) Would you like something / anything to eat?

EXERCISE 2 Fill in: somebody / someone – something – somewhere; anybody / anyone –

anything – anywhere
a) Where are our friends? I can’t see them ________________________.
b) Quick, the boy has fallen into the lake! ________________________ must help him!
c) Did you get ________________________ for mum’s birthday? – Oh no, I forgot! I have to go
and buy ________________________ right now.
d) This party is boring. Let’s go ________________________ else.
e) I don’t want to go to the new school. I don’t know ________________________ there.
f) Can I get your son ________________________ to play with while you are waiting?
g) Do you have ________________________ nice to wear tonight?

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h) If there is ________________________ I can do for you, please let me know.

i) It is very loud here. Could we go ________________________ else?
j) I know ________________________ who works at the factory. His name is Bob.
k) Are you feeling better? Do you want me to call ________________________ for you?
l) It’s so boring. I don’t have ________________________ to do!
m) Mum and dad bought ________________________ at the supermarket.

EXERCISE 3 Underline the right alternative.

TIPP: Hier wird any- auch in der Bedeutung “jeder beliebige” oder „absolut jede(r)“ verwendet.
a) Do you know who stole the ring? – I have no idea. It could have been somebody /
anybody!
b) Oh no, I’ve lost my keys! – Do you remember where you put them? – I have absolutely no
idea. They could be somewhere / anywhere!
c) You’re very pretty. We should definitely go on a date sometime / anytime.
d) This riddle (Rätsel) is super easy. Somebody / anybody could find the answer!
e) Don’t be sad. If there is a problem, you can call me sometime / anytime – I’m always there
for you.
f) Look, the door is open. Somebody / anybody has gone in or left.

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Lösungen

EXERCISE 1 Underline the right alternative.

Remember: Some wird in positiven Aussagen, Bitten und Angeboten verwendet. Any verwendet man in verneinten Sätzen
und Fragen.
a) I didn’t know what to do, so I asked somebody.
b) Can I get you something to drink?
c) I didn’t say anything.
d) James lives somewhere in Scotland.
e) Do you know anyone at this party?
f) Can we eat something at this nice little restaurant?
g) Why don’t you go and buy us something to drink?
h) The kids are hiding somewhere. Let’s go and look for them.
i) Look, Ben is carrying the heavy box all by himself! Somebody should help him.
j) Somebody killed Biff Smith. Was it you? – Oh no, Inspector! I don’t have anything to do with this!
k) I won’t do anything for you.
l) Where is my phone? I can’t find it anywhere!
m) Would you like something to eat?

EXERCISE 2 Fill in: somebody / someone – something – somewhere; anybody / anyone – anything – anywhere
a) Where are our friends? I can’t see them anywhere.
b) Quick, the boy has fallen into the lake! Somebody must help him!
c) Did you get anything for mum’s birthday? – Oh no, I forgot! I have to go and buy something right now.
d) This party is boring. Let’s go somewhere else.
e) I don’t want to go to the new school. I don’t know anyone there.
f) Can I get your son something to play with while you are waiting?
g) Do you have anything nice to wear tonight?
h) If there is anything I can do for you, please let me know.
i) It is very loud here. Could we go somewhere else?
j) I know someone who works at the factory. His name is Bob.
k) Are you feeling better? Do you want me to call somebody for you?
l) It’s so boring. I don’t have anything to do!
m) Mum and dad bought something at the supermarket.

EXERCISE 3 Underline the right alternative.

TIPP: Hier wird any- auch in der Bedeutung “jeder beliebige” oder „absolut jede(r)“ verwendet.
a) Do you know who stole the ring? – I have no idea. It could have been anybody!
b) Oh no, I’ve lost my keys! – Do you remember where you put them? – I have absolutely no idea. They could be
anywhere!
c) You’re very pretty. We should definitely go on a date sometime.
d) This riddle (Rätsel) is super easy. Anybody could find the answer!
e) Don’t be sad. If there is a problem, you can call me anytime – I’m always there for you.
f) Look, the door is open. Somebody has gone in or left.

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Some und any – Quiz

EXERCISE 1 Fill in some or any.

a) I’m sorry, we don’t have ________________________ eggs.
b) Jane has got ________________________ really good CDs.
c) Billy, can you get ________________________ hot dogs for us?
d) Do you have ________________________ plans today?
e) Would you like ________________________ orange juice?
f) Are there ________________________ tomatoes in the fridge?
g) The kids don’t have ________________________ toys.
h) Let’s buy ________________________ toys for the kids!
i) Do you sell ________________________ good books here?
j) Could I have ________________________ strawberries, please?

EXERCISE 2 Translate the sentences into English using some or any.

a) Hast du (irgendwelche) Geschenke?
__________________________________________________________________________________
b) Wir brauchen ein paar Fotos.
__________________________________________________________________________________
c) Gib mir etwas Papier.
__________________________________________________________________________________
d) Kann ich etwas Wasser haben?
__________________________________________________________________________________
e) Er hat keine Stifte.
__________________________________________________________________________________

EXERCISE 3 Fill in the correct compound of some and any (someone/anyone,

somewhere/anywhere, something/anything).

a) Do we have ________________________ to read? – Yes, we have a magazine.

b) Oh God, where is the car? ________________________ must have stolen it!
c) We’ve been on the road for three hours. I really need ________________________ to eat
now. Let’s stop ________________________ and buy a few sandwiches.
d) I don’t have ________________________ to go. Can I stay at your place?
e) Jeff never helps ________________________.
f) Hello? Is ________________________ at home?
g) Could ________________________ help me, please?
h) There isn’t ________________________ we can do for you.

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EXERCISE 1 Fill in some or any.

a) I’m sorry, we don’t have any eggs.
b) Jane has got some really good CDs.
c) Billy, can you get some hot dogs for us?
d) Do you have any plans today?
e) Would you like some orange juice?
f) Are there any tomatoes in the fridge?
g) The kids don’t have any toys.
h) Let’s buy some toys for the kids!
i) Do you sell any good books here?
j) Could I have some strawberries, please?

EXERCISE 2 Translate the sentences into English using some or any.

a) Hast du (irgendwelche) Geschenke? - Have you got any presents? / Do you have any presents?
b) Wir brauchen ein paar Fotos. – We need some photos.
c) Gib mir etwas Papier. – Give me some paper.
d) Kann ich etwas Wasser haben? May / Can I have some water?
e) Er hat keine Stifte. He doesn’t have any pencils.

EXERCISE 3 Fill in the correct compound of some and any (someone/anyone, somewhere/anywhere,
something/anything).

a) Do we have anything to read? – Yes, we have a magazine.

b) Oh God, where is the car? Someone must have stolen it!
c) We’ve been on the road for three hours. I really need something to eat now. Let’s stop somewhere and buy a
few sandwiches.
d) I don’t have anywhere to go. Can I stay at your place?
e) Jeff never helps anyone.
f) Hello? Is anyone at home?
g) Could someone help me, please?
h) There isn’t anything we can do for you.